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In Designing a Garden: Monk’s Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Landscape Architect Michael Van Valkenburgh takes you through every detail of the design process — a lesson you’ll refer to time and time again.”
Adjacent to the Museum’s Chinese Loggia is what was once Gardner’s private garden, now known as the Monk’s Garden. Over time, Isabella’s original designs were altered. In 2013, noted landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh completely redesigned the space.
MVVA’s design of the Monk’s Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum aims to interpret the museum’s meandering gallery layout, and the rich colors and textures of its idiosyncratic collection, in a contemporary landscape context.
Apr 13, 2012 · The walled “monk’s garden” flanks the Gardner Museum ‘s Venetian-style palazzo (the house originally known as Fenway Court that became today’s museum) and was first planted in 1903 in...
The Monk’s Garden sits adjacent to the beloved central atrium of the original Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum built in 1902 and the addition by Renzo Piano completed in 2012. The high brick walls and narrow space presented a challenge to creating an expansive site within.
Sep 18, 2013 · No one is certain why this meditative patch is called the Monks Garden, but it has existed from the time Mrs. Gardner founded the museum in 1903 and undergone a few renovations since then....
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
